COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONTrue to its name, Cristal tastes at first almost like spring water; then comes a clean bit of hop bitterness; and a crisp, finish. It is a beautifully refreshing beer, lightly cleansing on the palate, with the appetising dryness that define the Pilsener style. Cristal pours with a very creamy head, leaving excellent lacing. Serve it lightly chilled as though it were a good Chardonnay.

Tap. Clear golden, fluffy white head with very good retention for a lager. Aroma starts malty, then hoppy but slightly musk. Taste start with some sweet-ish malt, then a very crisp bitterness emerges and takes you into a nice hoppy bitter finish. Somewhat watery, but what lager isn’t? Very very refreshing. Good lager!

Classic Belgian pale lager, one of the first of its kind in this country. Michael Jackson dubbed this Belgium’s best pale lager but the current day version is just another pale golden, fizzy beer with medium, snow white head and grainy aroma with just a faint hint of grassy hops (notably stronger in the past). Malt sweetish and grainy taste, minerally carbo, thin mouthfeel, clean with mild grassy hop bitterishness in the finish. Has become as unremarkable as its congeners, but the 1928 version made in 2008 to commemorate its birthday and which allegedly had to represent the original version, was notably better. Well, nothing lasts forever, I suppose.

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